serpentine
serpentine
adj.
V. ἑλικτός.
adj.
V. ἑλικτός.
SERPENTINE
anguineus: colubrinus (only figuratively Plaut.); or by the genitive anguis draconis serpentis anguium etc.; in modum serpentis (serpentinus Ambrosius).
anguineus: colubrinus (only figuratively Plaut.); or by the genitive anguis draconis serpentis anguium etc.; in modum serpentis (serpentinus Ambrosius).
serpentine (adj.):
I. Resembling a serpent: v.SERPENT-LIKE .
II. Spiral, twisted, winding:
1. sĭnuōsus: cf. Virg. G. 1, 244: maximus hic flexu sinuoso labitur anguis (the constellation): of the river Meander, Plin. 5, 29, 31 (sinuosus Maeander flexibus).
2. sĭnuātus (less freq.): Sil. 15, 173, sinuatos pelagi anfractus (s. windings of the sea-shore): cf. also Virg. Aen. 2, 208.
3. multĭplex, ĭcis (perh. the best word for prose): cf. Cic. Sen. 15, 52, quam [vitem] serpentem multiplici lapsu et erratico (with s. and devious course): of the Labyrinth, Ov. M. 8, 158 (m. domus). Join: multiplex et tortuosus, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136.
4. tortuōsus, tortĭlis: v.TWISTED , WINDING . Phr.: in a double s. course, duplici Maeandro, Virg. Aen. 5, 251.
/* serpentine } (subs.): { ophītēs, ae, m. serpentine-stone } { (= Gr. ὀφίτης): */
s. like the spots of serpents, and from this it took its name, o. serpentium maculis similis, unde nomen accepit, Plin. 36, 7, 11: cf. Mart. 6, 42, 15 (et flamma tenui calent ophitae). Also, ŏphītis, is, m.: cf. Plin. 36, 22, 43, fin. (ex ophite albo).
I. Resembling a serpent: v.
II. Spiral, twisted, winding:
1. sĭnuōsus: cf. Virg. G. 1, 244: maximus hic flexu sinuoso labitur anguis (the constellation): of the river Meander, Plin. 5, 29, 31 (sinuosus Maeander flexibus).
2. sĭnuātus (less freq.): Sil. 15, 173, sinuatos pelagi anfractus (s. windings of the sea-shore): cf. also Virg. Aen. 2, 208.
3. multĭplex, ĭcis (perh. the best word for prose): cf. Cic. Sen. 15, 52, quam [vitem] serpentem multiplici lapsu et erratico (with s. and devious course): of the Labyrinth, Ov. M. 8, 158 (m. domus). Join: multiplex et tortuosus, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136.
4. tortuōsus, tortĭlis: v.
/* serpentine } (subs.): { ophītēs, ae, m. serpentine-stone } { (= Gr. ὀφίτης): */
s. like the spots of serpents, and from this it took its name, o. serpentium maculis similis, unde nomen accepit, Plin. 36, 7, 11: cf. Mart. 6, 42, 15 (et flamma tenui calent ophitae). Also, ŏphītis, is, m.: cf. Plin. 36, 22, 43, fin. (ex ophite albo).